[PDF] Dispute Avoidance And European Contract Law eBook

Author : Martin J. Doris
Publisher : ISBS
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,39 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789076871905

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Since early 2000, European institutions have politically prioritized the need for greater coherence and uniformity in European private law. Contract law, in particular, has remained center stage. Concerns - that the functioning of the Community's internal market has been hampered by divergence in Member States' national contract rules, and that both business and consumers are dissuaded from contracting cross-border - have prompted a series of landmark Communications and an Action Plan. Most recently, there has been full institutional support for the delivery of a decidedly cryptic 'Common Frame of Reference, ' comprised of general principles, model rules, and uniform legal terminology. Despite a lack of convincing empirical data in support of the convergence thesis, a diminished business interest has in part allowed the proponents of a comprehensive codification of private law to set the political and academic agenda. Yet this clamor for codification has in many respects overlooked the mechanics of commercial contracting in particular, the importance of contract drafting, and the complex negotiations that lead to deals both domestically and cross border. This book therefore engages with two 'holy grails' of modern contract scholarship - the appropriate design of EC contract rules and judicial treatment of preliminary incomplete bargains. In so doing, the study reveals the weakness of existing soft law initiatives and framework codes in capturing the degree of specificity and complexity in the field. Instead, the case is made for a viable methodology of dispute avoidance aimed at re-conceptualizing and re-orientating the harmonization effort

Author : Horst Eidenmüller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 41,8 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1782251219

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In many regions of the world and across various fields, law has become a product. Individuals and companies seek attractive legal regulations and countries advertise their legal wares globally as they compete for customers. To analyse this development and to develop policy recommendations with respect to contract law and dispute resolution a conference was held in Munich in October 2011, bringing together leading scholars in the field of contract law and dispute resolution from the US and Europe. This book presents the papers and main comments produced for that conference. The chapters include important papers on, inter alia, law and economic theory, legal transplants, theories of private law, choice of law, the characterisation of contract law and the English and American civil procedural traditions.

Author : Chantal Mak
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9041126716

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Our modern insistence on democratic social values has engendered an intense debate over the intersection of fundamental rights and contract law. In particular, case law in several European national jurisdictions has exerted significant pressure on traditional contract law instruments to conform more transparently with the fundamental rights enshrined in the EC Charter. This pressure is clearly evident in a number of societal areas subject to contract law, among them employment, housing, and privacy. It can even be argued, as this author does, that fundamental rights intermediate between politics and law. Taking its cue from many initiatives toward the development of a more coherent, even harmonised, European contract law, this book is the first major study to examine the following essential questions with detailed reference to actual judicial developments: • To what extent do fundamental rights affect contract law? • In which types of cases can fundamental rights be applied? • What does the explicit consideration of fundamental rights add to contract law adjudication? The author approaches the analysis along two different avenues: first, a comparative overview of developments in case law, and second, a more general theoretical view on the interaction between fundamental rights and rules of contract law which is tested against examples from various legal systems. The focus throughout is on developments in case law, because the impact of fundamental rights in contract law has been felt on the level of dispute resolution rather than on the level of legislation. Germany and the Netherlands are chosen because their judiciaries have been notable for their early and continuing attention to the theme, and England and Italy for perspectives on developments under common law and civil law systems respectively.

Author : Alexander J. Wulf
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 3658058013

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​The Commission of the European Union has identified divergences between the national contract laws of the Member States as an obstacle to the completion of the European Internal Market and put this issue on its highest political agenda. Alexander J. Wulf analyses and predicts the effects. The study is situated in the context of the recent developments in the discussion on European contract law. The book begins with an introduction to the economic and legal theories that serve as the rationale for the development of the line of argument. These theories are then applied to the issues involved in the current controversy on European contract law. The author develops a model that he uses to analyze the institutional processes of European contract law. Empirical data are employed to test this model and discuss the results. From his analysis the author develops criteria that can serve as a starting point for thinking about the economic desirability of an optional European contract law.

Author : Hein Kötz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198800045

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This edition includes many updates and revisions to the first edition, especially in light of the changes to the French Code Civil. Furthermore, the book comprises a wealth of translated extracts of legislation, cases, and academic literature. This text comprehensively covers all aspects of contract law in several European jurisdictions.

Author : Commission on European Contract Law
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9041119612

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This volume offers proposed Articles, followed by comments and information. Topics include: plurality of debtors and creditors, assignment, substitution of new debtor and transfer of contract, set- off, prescription, illegality, and conditions and capitalisation of interest.

Author : Harriët N. Schelhaas
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 19,58 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9041124950

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The Principles of European Contract Law, prepared by the so-called Lando Commission, today constitute the most advanced project on the harmonisation of European private law. As well as providing a set of rules which could facilitate cross-border trade within Europe, the Principles can be seen as a modern lex mercatoria which, for example, could be referred to by arbitrators deciding a case according to internationally accepted principles of law. Furthermore, the Principles provide a framework for EU legislation on contract law and, more importantly, they can be viewed as a first step towards a European Civil Code. They may also prove to be a catalyst for the development of national legislation, judicial decisions and legal doctrine. This new title, which follows the first volume covering Parts I and II of the Principles, includes chapters on plurality of parties, assignment of claims, transfer of contract, set-off, prescription, illegality and conditions. It provides a systematic overview of the Principles in comparison with Dutch law, which will be of interest not only in the Netherlands but also to lawyers in other countries who need to gain a clearer understanding of the Dutch contract law system.

Author : Ruth Sefton-Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 36,44 MB
Release : 2005-02-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 1139442961

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This 2005 examination of twelve case studies about mistake, fraud and duties to inform reveals significant differences about how contract law works in thirteen European legal systems and, despite the fact that the solutions proposed are often similar, what divergent values underlie the legal rules. Whereas some jurisdictions recognise increasing duties to inform in numerous contracts so that the destiny of mistake and fraud (classical defects of consent) may appear to be uncertain, other jurisdictions continue to refuse such duties as a general rule or fail to recognise the need to protect one of the parties where there is an imbalance in bargaining power or information. Avoiding preconceptions as to where and why these differences exist, this book first examines the historical origins and development of defects of consent, then considers the issues from a comparative and critical standpoint.